What do you hope students will remember about you?

We’ve spent so much time focusing on tests and collecting worksheets in our schools. I get that. Those are the things we’ve come to associate with learning along the way.  Misguided traditions.  But, it’s time we associate what learning is really about.  More time focusing curiosity, imagination, and dreams.  Teaching kids that ‘impossible’ is fun. Pouring wonder into our schools like it’s oxygen.  Because inside every kid is a vision, just like the one Walt Disney had.  A vision that we’ll never see if we don’t take the time to develop it, listen to it, and embrace it.  A vision bigger than scores, worksheets, and points.  A vision that will add something special to the world.  We’ve just gotta remember where to focus, or we’ll miss it.

What happens when you put 150 teachers from around the world in the same room for three days with a team of instructors who are over-the-top excited about teaching science? Enthusiasm for making science fun spreads like a virus! Join Steve Spangler and his staff for an intensive hands-on science training that is guaranteed to change the way you teach science... forever.

The Science in the Rockies workshop is unlike any professional development training you’ve ever attended. The workshop focuses on ways to bring wonder, discovery, and exploration back into your classroom through Halloween activities, electricity, things that glow, or even launching a potato out of PVC pipes. This is not a “sit-and-watch” teacher training… this is a “get-up-and-do” learning experience featuring over 75 engaging activities that you can take home and immediately share with your students.

You’ll leave the workshop with all the tools you need to become the best science teacher possible, including over $300 of gizmos, gadgets, hands-on learning materials for your students, hard-to-find supplies, and cool resources that accompany the Science in the Rockies curriculum. You’ll also receive a 250-page training manual that details every aspect of your learning experience, from the detailed instructions and recipes to the in-depth explanations and real-world applications.

In just three days, you will learn how to use exploration and inquiry to create unforgettable learning experiences for your students. Join us in Colorado for this inspiring workshop and take your teaching to a whole new level!

On July 26, 1764, four Delaware (Lenape) warriors attacked the teacher and students at a schoolhouse in what is now Franklin County, Pennsylvania, near present-day Greencastle. They killed Enoch Brown, the schoolmaster, and ten children.

One child who had been scalped survived.

Because of such raids, the Pennsylvania Assembly had already reintroduced bounties for scalps of American Indians, which they had offered during the French and Indian War. They paid for every American Indian killed above the age of ten, including women. The bounty was approved by the colonial governor, John Penn. The unrestricted bounty resulted in settlers' attacking Indian women and children, with corresponding retaliatory raids by the Lenape.

Settlers buried Brown and the children in a common grave. Years later, the village had lost the historical memory of the location of the grave. In 1843, villagers excavated the area to locate the grave for preservation and protection of remains and found remains of one adult and ten children. In 1885, the city of Greencastle designated the area as the Enoch Brown Park, and erected a memorial to the event. Five thousand people attended the dedication of the memorial and park.